Act Number: 8

Act Name: The Indian Tolls Act, 1851

Year: 1851

Enactment Date: 1851-06-04

Long Title: An Act for enabling Government to levy Tolls on Public Roads and Bridges.

Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Department:

Section 6: Penalty for offences under Act. Compensation to person aggrieved. Saving of his right to sue.
    Every person, other than the persons appointed to collect the tolls under this Act, who shall levy or demand any toll on any public road or bridge, or for passing through any bazar situated thereon, and also every person who shall unlawfully and extortionately demand, or take any other or higher toll than the lawful toll, or under colour of this Act seize or sell any property knowing such seizure or sale to be unlawful, or in any manner unlawfully extort money or any valuable thing from any person under colour of this Act, shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six calendar months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, any part of which fine may be awarded by the Magistrate to the person aggrieved; but this remedy shall not be deemed to bar or affect his right to have redress by suit in the Civil Court 1***.
Notes:
1. The words "of the Zillah" rep. by Act 12 of 1876, s. 1 and the Schedule, Part. I.
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